Takapoto
Takapoto, Tua-poto or Oura, is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It has a length of and a width of.
The nearest land is Takaroa Atoll, located to the northeast.
Takapoto's lagoon has a high salinity and a strong phytoplankton biomass.
Geographically Takapoto is part of the King George Islands subgroup, which includes: Ahe, Manihi, Takapoto, Takaroa and Tikei.
Takapoto Atoll has 380 inhabitants. Fakatopatere, the main village on Takapoto, is located at the southern end of the atoll.
History
The first recorded European to sight Takapoto Atoll was Jacob Le Maire in 1616. Jacob Roggeveen's flagship Afrikaansche Galey wrecked near the atoll and abandoned in 1722; the incident became a major point in history where Polynesians first acquired knowledge of metals like iron from her scraps broken apart by local islanders not long after.Takapoto Atoll was visited by the Charles Wilkes expedition in September 1839.
Takapoto Airport was inaugurated in 1973.